In double-entry accounting, debits and credits must equal. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you debit cash for $500 you must have some form of credit that also equals $500.
The cash account.
how is cash book both a book of prime entr and an account
In single column cash book only cash account is shown while in multi column cash book cash as well as bank account is also shown.
Cash Account :- 1. Is an account in the ledger. 2. Cash account is part of the ledger. Cash account is opened in the ledger in which posting is done from some book of original entry. 3. In cash account posting is not followed by narration. 4. It only records one aspect of transaction involving cash & bank. Cash Book :- 1. Is a separate book of account forming a part of accounting system. 2. Cash book records entries directly from transaction & there is no need for a book of prime entry. 3. In cash book entries are followed by narration also. 4. It records both the aspect of this transaction in cash & bank columns to complete double entry posting.
The cash book serves as a book of prime entry because it records all cash transactions as they occur, providing a chronological record of cash receipts and payments. Simultaneously, the cash book also acts as a ledger account since it summarizes all cash transactions in one account, showing the opening and closing balance of cash at the end of the accounting period.
The main difference between, cash discount is shows in account book but tradediscount does not show in account book.
one is two columned while the other is three columned.
Cash book
Cash deposited will be shown in cash column while bank account will be debited to bank account and balance in bank column of cash book while as this is contra entry "C" will be shown in third column for both cash and bank.
Cash book is a journal because the transactions are recorded in it for the first time from the source of document and from journal these transactions are posted to the respective account in the ledger. We can say cash book is a ledger also in the sense that it serves the purpose of cash account also.As such cash book is journal as well as ledger, and hence it may call journalised ledger.
Drawings in accounting are recorded as a double entry in the cash book. This is a credit to the bank account and a debit to the cash account.
well in petty cash book we have to write the amount of cash and bank in the petty cash book. so its the same in each